PEOPLE OF INDIA, 1868-1875

A group of loose albumen prints (21), from Volume II of The People of India: a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. [John Forbes Watson & John William Kay, London: India Museum, 1868-1875]. Oval and arch-topped albumen prints mounted to album pages, each measuring between 140 x 120mm and 190 x 170mm, pages measuring 335 x 245mm, each with printed caption label below, many with accompanying loose text pages.

Comprising Plates 67: Goorung, Military Tribe, Nipal; 70: Kus or Khas, Goorkha-Dominant Tribe, Nipal; 71: Khas or Kus Group, Goorkha- Dominant Tribe, Nipal; 72: Newar or Niwar, Slave Population, Supposed Aboriginal, Nipal; 73: Newar Group, Slave Population, Supposed Aboriginal, Nipal; 74: Banras, Subdivision of Newars, Nipal; 76: Moormi Group, Tibetans, Nepal; 77: Moormi Group, Tibetans, Nipal; 80: Chohans, Rajpoot Tribe-Hindoos, Oude; 82: Bujgotees, Rajpoot Tribe-Hindoos, Oude; 83: Gurgbunsees, Rajpoot Tribe - Hindoos, Oude; 84: Bhurs, Suppposed Aboriginal, Oude; 85: Teehurs, Supposed Aboriginal, Oude; 86: Pasees, Low Caste Hindoos, Oude; 91: Bhat, Wandering Minstrel, Benares; 93: Ghauteea, Hindoo Friar, Benares; 94: Aghoree, Hindoo Mendicant, Benares; 95: Bundee, Hindoo Devotee, Benares; 98: Shah Abdullah Subzposh, Mahomedan Landholder, Goruckpoor; 101: Urshruf Ali Khan, Shiah Mahomedan, of Afghan Descent, Allahbad; 103: Tun Sookh Doss Bairagi, Hindoo Religious Mendicant, Allahbad;